Editorial Note
Negotiations were conducted in November and December between Charles Fahy and officials of the United Nations Secretariat to conclude an interim headquarters agreement, such an instrument being necessary because the United Nations had not yet moved into its permanent headquarters. Agreement was quickly reached that certain provisions of the Headquarters Agreement should be invoked (subject to stated conditions) as “necessary and appropriate to enable the United Nations to carry on its functions at the temporary headquarters” and were to have “full force and effect” with respect to the temporary headquarters; the articles included sections 1 (except subsection a), 4, 7–17, and 19 of the Headquarters Agreement. It having been agreed in November and at the initiative of the Secretary-General that no exchange of notes was necessary in order to bring the interim agreement into force, this instrument took effect on December 18, 1947, immediately upon signature by the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) and the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Lie); for text, see 61 Stat. (pt. 4) 3439, or United Nations Treaty Series, volume XI, pages 347 ff.